After about 35 years of holding their Holika Dahan event at BC Block, organisers were forced to change the location after residents complained it was causing pollution. Salt Lake Sanskrit Sansad has f...

The Nadia district administration has sent samples of blood, sputum and swabs from nose and throat of two Iskcon devotees to Calcutta for Covid-19 test as they have been suffering from influenza for a...

Holi has never been this drab. The abir was heaped in the markets, the water guns hung from the stalls but most revellers were too scared to pick them up and shout: “Holi hai!” Novel coronavirus 2...

A day-long Holi celebration attended by Bengal minister of state Bachchu Hansda who danced to Bollywoood tunes at Tapan in South Dinajpur on Tuesday came under scanner as the organisers flouted the ba...

Residents of Durgapur village in Bokaro’s Kasmar block do not celebrate Holi — they are scared that the festivities will bring them epidemics and misfortune.For more than 100 years, 10,000 village...

Fewer people were booked for drink driving in the city on Holi-eve compared with last year. Sections in police are attributing the drop to the decision to stop using breathalysers to prevent the sprea...

Park Circus Maidan, where a women-led protest against the new citizenship regime has been on since January 7, witnessed scenes of camaraderie with people celebrating Holi.On Tuesday, the women on vigi...

People from different walks of life on Tuesday thronged devalayas, naamghars, xatras and temples across Assam to celebrate Holi.However, the footfall was relatively low at the gatherings, compared to ...

Fresh new cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection were reported in Kerala and Karnataka on Tuesday, taking the total in the country to 55 — a substantial increase from the 44 a day earlier.K...

The national capital witnessed a subdued celebration of the festival of colours on Tuesday due to the threat of coronavirus, while in parts of riot-affected northeast Delhi most people played Holi ins...